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Source: Victoria School, Wrexham
Physical Instruction Class 1936 – Victoria School
1800s
RWF and Hightown Barracks
RWF and Hightown Barracks. WREXHAM, during the 1914-18 war felt the full impact of the hardships and heartbreaks of war. Hightown Barracks, as the depot of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers saw the hasty mobilisation of [more]
Biographies
Frederick ROTCHELL – HMS Opal WWI
James Henry Rotchell was born about 1872 in Bloxwich, Staffordshire. He was the son of Thomas Rotchell and Roseanna Dewy. In 1895 he married Sarah Jane Felton in Newport, Shropshire. The couple moved to Wrexham [more]
60s
Smiling Rosemarie on top of the world – 1961
ROSEMARIE Frankland, the Welsh beauty pageant contestant, won the 1961 Miss United Kingdom and Miss World titles before becoming an actress. Born in Rhosllannerchrugog in February 1943, she moved to Lancashire as a child. She [more]